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BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.

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”The famous Italian diver Enzo Maiorca dove into the sea of ​​Syracuse and was talking to his daughter Rossana who was aboard the boat. Ready to go in, he felt something slightly hit his back.

He turned and saw a dolphin. Then he realized that the dolphin did not want to play

Big crowds in Paris protesting the pension reform plan. Mostly peaceful but punctuated with running battles with police & bursts of tear gas. A real sense of camaraderie amongst demonstrators. Some even handing out eye drops to protestors to off set effects of tear gas.

Happy Persian New Year & Spring Equinox.
“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”

1000’s of Iranians march along Piccadilly in London protesting against the government’s fierce crackdown on protesters & while also commemorating the downing of flight PS752. The rain shower hasn’t damped spirts.

The Islamic republic has executed two more young men today that were arrested during anti government protests in Iran.
Four men involved in the recent prospers are known to have been executed so far in hasty, closed door trials.

100 days since protests started in Iran sparked by death of #MahsaAmini
To quell uprising authorities have killed 500 people including many women & children, arrested over 18K, economy is at all time low. The Islamic republics most serious challenge only continues to intensify.

2022 has been a lesson in never judging a book, nor a country, by its cover. At the end of February, while the city of Kharkiv was still under attack, I met 21 yo, Eugene Gromadskyi. At the time I had no idea what he, nor Ukraine, were capable of. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський): 'Your money is not charity. It's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.' c-span.org/video/?525000-…

An IRGC assault in Iran’s Kurdish region continues. Security forces have been firing at protesters in Kurdish cities of Piranshahr & Javanrud. Videos show streets that look like battlefields. The sound of heavy gunfire can be heard as civilians run for cover.

In Iran’s opening World Cup game with England not a single member of team Melli sang the national anthem. They all stood stone face in a sign of solidarity with protestors.

Iran is a football mad country. When the national team reaches a World Cup the nation works itself up to fever pitch. At Qatar 2022 however not many in Iran are supporting team Melli. Billboards of the team are burnt in cities nationwide. The mood is somber, the atmosphere tense

Last night IRGC forces stormed Mahabad in Iran’s Kurdish region (same region #MahsaAmini was from) to quell protests. Internet & electricity was cut off in Mahabad last night. Situation across Iran continues to rapidly escalate everyday.

People in Iran have heeded calls for protests & strikes over the next 3 days. Most of the shops in Tehran’s grand bazaar were shut today. School girls marched on the sidewalks chanting ‘woman, life, freedom’ while people on the streets of Tehran chant ‘freedom freedom freedom’

UN Human Rights Council is holding a special emergency meeting session on Iran on 24 Nov to discuss the human rights situation.
While this morning EU foreign ministers gathered to impose more sanctions on Iran “against the people responsible for repression of the demonstrators”

As protests continue in Iran 227 members of a 290 seat parliament have asked the judiciary to hand down expedited death sentences to people that have been arrest since anti-government demonstrations broke out in September.

Six weeks in & Iran remains restive, angry & on edge.
Massive crowds have poured out across the country to mark the 40th day since #MahsaAmini died. They have been met with an absolutely enormous security presence.

Big crowds in Iran today as people mark the 40th day since the death of #MahsaAmini . Thousands showed up in Saqez at Mahsa Amini’s burial site.

At Sharif university today students chant “Woman, Life, Freedom”
Despite Sharif being the scene of a brutal crackdown three weeks students remain defiant.